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Granted Patent B2
US 12,292,061 · App. 18/714,010 · Granted May 6, 2025

Fluid pressure circuit

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Shimada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
F15B11/024F15B2011/0243
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Patent No.
US 12,292,061
App. No.
18/714,010
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a fluid pressure circuit capable of preventing unintentional operation of a cylinder device. A return flow passage through which a return fluid flows from a cylinder device to a regenerative drive source is provided with a control valve that opens the flow passage in response to an operation of an operating device.

Claims (30)

1. A fluid pressure circuit, comprising:

a tank that is configured to store a fluid;

a fluid supply source configured to supply the fluid in the tank;

a cylinder device extended and retracted by the fluid from the fluid supply source;

a switching valve disposed between the fluid supply source and the cylinder device and configured to switch between flow passages of the fluid;

a flow diversion valve located closer to a side of the cylinder device than the switching valve and configured to divert at least some of a return fluid returning from the cylinder device to the tank;

a regenerative drive source driven in a regenerative mode by the diverted return fluid;

an operating device configured to output a switching command corresponding to an operation to the switching valve; and

an actuating device configured to output a switching command to the flow diversion valve in response to operation of the operating device,

wherein a return flow passage through which the return fluid flows from the cylinder device to the regenerative drive source is provided with a control valve configured to have a closed position in which the return flow passage is closed and an open position in which the return flow passage is opened and to switch between the closed position and the open position in response to the operation of the operating device.

2. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the actuating device is configured to detect the operation of the operating device as an electric signal, and to output the switching command to the flow diversion valve.

3. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control valve is configured to be a pilot valve that is switched by a pilot pressure, and the flow diversion valve is an electromagnetic valve that is configured to be switched by electricity.

4. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 3 ,

wherein the switching valve is a pilot valve, and

the switching valve and the control valve are configured to be switched by the pilot pressure.

5. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control valve is provided in a flow passage between the cylinder device and the flow diversion valve.

6. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 2 ,

wherein a housing of the flow diversion valve and a housing of the control valve are separate bodies, and are configured such that the flow passages are connected by stacking and fixing the housings.

7. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control valve is a pilot valve that is configured to be switched by a pilot pressure, and the flow diversion valve is an electromagnetic valve that is configured to be switched by electricity.

8. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 7 ,

wherein the switching valve is a pilot valve, and

the switching valve and the control valve are configured to be switched by the pilot pressure.

9. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control valve is provided in a flow passage between the cylinder device and the flow diversion valve.

10. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein a housing of the flow diversion valve and a housing of the control valve are separate bodies, and are configured such that the flow passages are connected by stacking and fixing the housings.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2024
From: SHIMADA, YOSHIYUKI
To: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069006/0754 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-200413 · Dec 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250035132A1 · Jan 30, 2025
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